Start getting your grant proposal writing skills together if you’d like to win a $50,000 grant to change the way the world deals with biodiversity loss (mass extinction). The Threshold Foundation considers it a critical issue in building a sustainable world. The organization’s mission is to assist “the social change movement through collaborating with and funding innovative American and international nonprofit organizations and individuals working towards social justice, environmental sustainability, humane economic systems and peaceful coexistence.”

According to the details, this group’s 2004-2005 grant cycle begins September 27. That’s when you can submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) for grants. The funds are to be released in late July next year. The funding organization encourages electronic LOI submissions here.

As with most grant-making, the process is long, complicated, and has interlocking pieces. More research is required. Questions I have are: who are these people? What is their relationship with the Tides Foundation? Do they know something about mass extinction that the rest of us don’t?

Please send answers, more questions, and comments to Georganna at Writer’s Edge.